Friday, January 11, 2008

Knit a Little Lamb: Exciting Conclusion

The Hollywood writers are still on strike, so I figure I got a decent shot at you tuning in to see how the little lamb turns out. You could choose to walk away and watch old episodes of "Bosom Buddies" on DVD, but it would make him cry.

Knitter's choice.

At the end of part two we finished the main shapes and only needed to add small details to finish up. Frankly, I could have covered this all in two installments but I forgot to knit a background swatch to stick the thing on.

Plus it was lunch time and I'd developed an unaccountable craving for souvlaki.

Okay. Pretend the green square (note the garter edges; I love you so much I made the swatch neat and pretty) is the pocket of Abigail's sweater. Whipstitch the lamb body onto it.

It still doesn't look much like a lamb, though. We have to give it a face. And just as we reduced the body to its simplest elements in order to knit it, so we must pick out only the essential details in the face. Happily, there's not a whole lot going on in a lamb's face.

That's all, sister.

Easy enough to render with a bit of doubled sewing thread–chosen in lieu of yarn or embroidery floss because the former is too thick, and the latter is unlikely to stand up to much washing.

Using our simplified sketch as a guide, we add the nose, mouth and beady little eyes.

Now, ears.

You could drive yourself cuckoo knitting two itty-bitty little ear flaps, then painstakingly sew them onto the lamb only to find out they make it look more like an albino bat. But since I've already done that, you don't have to.

Instead, simply embroider a single petal from a lazy daisy on either side, and fill 'em both in with a couple stitches each.

I was thisclose to selling my children on etsy (hey, I made them, right?), but your blog made me laugh out loud several times, and now I'm feeling benevolent enough to keep them. Where shall I have them send the thank you notes?

My fiance just looked over from across the couch, saw the pre-ear picture, and asked if it was a lamb or a dog. Considering that it was still lacking the ears at that point, I'd call that very successful!

ok am i the only one wondering who this Kristen chick is? ("the films of...")... cause from that little glimpse, it looks like some friendly gentleman action going on...! should your little lamby pocket REALLY be gracing those pages? hehe.

Impressive tutorial, amazing collection of props for the various applications but I'm going to keep coming back for another look at that adorable lamb. It made me smile all week--and that really says something.

Oops... I was scrolling down first, looking at the pics, and saw "polishing cloth" and saw the picture of the book. I thought you'd gone x-rated!! What can I say, it's 5:30 in the morning. I'm not awake yet!

Question: Have you changed anything with the site? I'm having issues perusing your musings in Firefox (it's more frozen than a rush-party margarita, reboot required) and since have gone onto Safari b/c let's be honest-- one just can't get enough. It's like mental Pringle's or something.

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